If the left had any balls at all, it would attempt to sink Kagan, insisting on the left wing equivalent, ideologically, or Scalia or Roberts—someone whose legal philosophy we don’t have to guess about. But it’s true that Kagan isn’t like Miers, because the left isn’t like the right—its leaders have no guts.
Which is to say, all hail Justice Kagan.
Oh Bullshit, Gay is not “something you call yourself”
Unfortunately, the left has no leaders, and very few followers, who will take a risk. Progressives these days are all about not wanting to "destroy the country" by letting The Other Guys gain power. They'll completely ignore the painfully obvious reality that the Democrats intend to destroy the country the same way Republicans would have. They'll happily ignore the obvious fact that the Democrats are openly hostile to progressives, and avoid confrontation at all costs. What's more, lots of the shitheads will speak out in support of that destruction, as though it were a wonderful idea they just thought of, instead of an idea the supposed opposition thought up decades ago.
As hipparchia wrote in a comment to Ian's article, if progressives had any courage they'd insist on someone like Dawn Johnsen to be the nominee. Sadly, they don't, and that won't happen.
Progressives won't stand for anything, and as the great philosopher John Mellencamp once observed, if you won't stand for something, you'll fall for anything.
All hail Justice Kagan.
UPDATE: Lawguy does a good job of describing my frustration with our "leaders":
The incredibly frustrating part of public life discourse right now is the number of people and organizations that I thought were liberal or progressive (not radical, not ultra liberal, whatever that means) just kind of liberal that are unwilling to pressure the prez or his people. Hell I am watching people I thought were truly liberal maybe even ultra liberal (see Sanders, Bernie) cave at pressure from the WH and back most any corporate position Obama wants. No single payer, no Medicare for all, no complete audit of the Fed. In return for backing these positions they turn on those who refuse to be buffaloed and eviscerate them and attack them for being "unreasonable and for demanding purity" few of us really demand.
Welcome To Weimar
That's it in a nutshell. Like David Obey lecturing the parent of a service member who was in Iraq how hard it is to end the war even though his party had a majority in both houses of Congress, these politicians seem to have utterly forgotten what it's like to be the rest of us.
UPDATE 2: Nate Silver has an interestingly analytical view of Kagan's potential value. I have to wonder how she'll vote with runners in scoring position, though.
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